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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 43m

Michael Scott is the PhD spirit animal

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Dominik Keiner @dominikkeiner.bsky.social · 1d

Final final versions are for beginners… -> prefinal3 🤟🏻😆

The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 1d

PhD’s Log:

Skills you will lose if you leave academia:

✅ Answering questions with “That is beyond the scope of this project.”

✅ Deleting “Dear eminent scholar” emails from your inbox

✅ Coming up with new ways to call the final final version of the paper

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 18h

Hell yea!

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 1d

Making so much progress

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 1d

PhD’s Log:

Skills you will lose if you leave academia:

✅ Answering questions with “That is beyond the scope of this project.”

✅ Deleting “Dear eminent scholar” emails from your inbox

✅ Coming up with new ways to call the final final version of the paper

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 1d

This is a day in the life of a PhD student.

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 2d

"To infinity, and beyond!"
Or at least until funding runs out

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 2d

How to communicate your academic skills when applying to non-academic jobs?

In this episode, we interview @ashleyruba_phd about switching to a non-academic job.

You don't want to miss this👇
🔗 https://youtu.be/QsXnBpvUBBE

The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 2d

"This is fine"

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

"oooh ... I wrote that 🫣"

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

Be sure to check out our podcast on YouTube, where we share...
✅ Helpful advice for in and outside of academia
✅ Useful info about AI tools in academia
✅ + advice to make your research life less of a struggle

👉 You can find us on YouTube as The Struggling Scientists

The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

⭐ Remember that rejection is part of the process, not a verdict on your ability.
Papers get rejected for all kinds of reasons.
It doesn’t mean your work is worthless or that you’re not cut out for research.

I hope this helps.
Btw...

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

⭐ Look for what you can use, not just what hurts.
Even tough reviews often contain something useful.
Find the actionable bits and set the rest aside.

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

But over time, I learned how to deal with it a little better each round.

⭐ Take a breather before reading the reviewer comments.
Give yourself a bit of space.
Reading criticism while still emotional makes it harder to be objective.

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

One of the toughest emails I got during my PhD wasn’t about funding or experiments. It was the first rejection of my academic paper.

I had spent months writing and revising it, only to get it returned with what felt like harsh and dismissive feedback.
It sucked.

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 3d

This shirt can't guarantee that your P-values will be <0.05, but at least you will look cute if it isn't.

Also, makes for a great gift 😁
Check out sizes and color options in the shop😊.

🔗: https://www.thestrugglingscientists.com/product/something-incredible-t-shirt/

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 4d

We can keep hoping 🥲

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 4d

Be sure to check out our podcast on YouTube, where we share...
✅ Helpful advice for in and outside of academia
✅ Useful info about AI tools in academia
✅ + advice to make your research life less of a struggle

👉 You can find us on YouTube as The Struggling Scientists

The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 4d

This is not to say that ChatGPT is without its own set of issues, because lord knows it is but in general it is very useful for myself and many others. And besides, there are just better tools out there specifically for researchers.

I hope this helps.
Btw...

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 4d

It seems to underperform across the board on a variety of use cases, such as summarization, analyzing literature, answering questions, and many others, so much so that I often wonder why Microsoft spent billions to buy a large stake in ChatGPT only to create a significantly worse product.

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 4d

I'm always surprised whenever I hear someone actually uses MS Copilot. Like, why would you do that to yourself 😅?

Putting the whole AI discussion aside for a second, out of all the possible AI tools out there, Copilot has genuinely underwhelmed me the most.

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 4d

This mug is not sponsored by any company that makes pipettes.

Although we would totally be up for it if they are 😂

Also, makes for a great gift 😁

🔗: https://www.thestrugglingscientists.com/product/eat-read-pipet-repeat-mug/

The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 5d

Still can't believe this got passed reviewers😂

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 5d

PhD's log:

Supervisor: Work hard, and the right doors will open for you.

Me opening the door to the psychiatrist

The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · 5d

✅ Helpful advice for in and outside of academia
✅ Useful info about AI tools in academia
✅ Recent Science news with a dash of humor
✅ + advice to make your research life less of a struggle

👉 You can find us on YouTube as The Struggling Scientists